Chapter 126 Hearing that the Prince is getting married
Xie Chengyan pondered for a while, and finally asked, "Is this the memorial that He Qiumao handed over?"
Jian Xing nodded.
"Go back and tell them that I won't accept this marriage. The boss of the Pei family just had that incident a while ago, and now he's so shameless as to hand the girl over to the Imperial Household Department?"
Jian Xing did not move. He said, "Your Highness, you can't say that. The marriage between the Pei and Ye families is unusual. After all, it wasn't the Pei family who killed Ye Er. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he's wary of the power of the princes. Who knows who will strike first... Your Highness, why don't you take this opportunity to join forces with Lord Pei? Lord Pei's disciples make up almost half of the cabinet—"
Before Jian Xing could finish, Xie Chengyan interrupted him and said, "Jian Xing, you've been with me for so long, and you can't tell which team I'm on?"
This question startled Jian Xing. To be honest, his master had emerged from the battlefield. No one knew what he had been through, and naturally, no one could figure him out. Back then, Prince Ning was a valiant and skilled warrior, and was once considered by the court to be the most powerful vassal king since the founding of the Great Yin Kingdom. If Emperor Yin Jing had made good use of this move, then Southern Xinjiang would surely be peaceful today.
But no one expected that Prince Ning would actually be so cunning as to collaborate with the enemy.
Xie Chengyan's fame and honor for defending the city were snatched away by the late emperor, but he has been staying in the capital peacefully for so many years, and has been serving the royal family wholeheartedly without any complaints. Such a person is probably even more cunning.
Even Jian Xing couldn't guess what he was thinking.
Just as he was thinking this, Xie Chengyan spoke up and said, "I only keep myself company. My wife's family can be a support, but sometimes it can also become a cage."
Jian Xing realized Xie Chengyan was referring to Prince Heng, Xie Chengde. Xie Chengde's wife was Chen Chang'an's sister, and Chen Chang'an was in league with Empress Dowager Xu, so Xie Chengde's stance was not entirely his own. And now that his mother's brother's granddaughter had been married to Xie Xun, it was hard for him not to side with Xie Xun.
Jian Xing went out to report, and Xie Chengyan and Ye Lanzhou were left in the room.
Ye Lanzhou knew this was confidential. She was only still useful to Xie Chengyan now, otherwise she would have been beheaded. She lowered her head, twirling her fingers on the corner of her clothes, feigning absent-mindedness, hoping Xie Chengyan would see and think she hadn't heard.
Unexpectedly, Xie Chengyan smiled and said, "Don't pretend you didn't hear it. Jian Xing is so close to you, unless you are deaf. Tell me, what did you hear?"
"I heard that the prince is going to marry the third young lady of the Pei Mansion."
Xie Chengyan looked up at her, the smile in his eyes making it hard to understand: "Then you are really deaf, didn't I reject you?"
Ye Lanzhou was already confused about this matter. The Pei family was a family that many people wanted to get close to. Although her father appeared to be honest and upright in public and said that he would not form cliques with any officials, he was actually the same as many officials.
Pei Er is young and promising, and the Ye family cannot marry such a person, so Ye Zhixing is willing to let his daughter marry him even if it is a man like Mr. Pei.
Thinking of this, Ye Lanzhou asked, "Why refuse? Isn't Lord Pei very powerful? The Ye family really wants to get close to him."
Xie Chengyan suddenly realized that Ye Lanzhou no longer regarded "Ye family" as "my home".
"Your father is not good at judging people. Lord Pei will fall sooner or later."
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